The sun., 1887-04-24

| torn from the bottom, and out 1t went again.
thought my hands would freeze in spite Of me.
and at last almost gave up In despair. Final
ly. after struggle Of half an hour. and the ex-
penditure Of all my matches except two. got
my beacon fixed, banked up around It with dirt
| and stones. and although the flame fickered
wildly, Il did not 60 out. Then I started back
to camp. half mile below. I lost the trail i'm
mediately, but knowing the direction we'll
steered through the darkness straight for
whore knew the camp was. Presently. 40
went laundering over the rough ground in the
darkness the ground In front OF me began to
look gray instead Of white. and said: Hellol
here's a sunken place to be crossed"
went ahead cautiously, and at the next
step saw. almost at my feet, . dim circle Of
light. Good heavensi It was the tent, and
was on the very edge Of the perpendicular bluff
that rose behind It Had not seen that dim
hght-it was only ono feeble oandle-and
eSid lave Y sen. @ ~ sfRs 9Sas
wall ALMOST haa upon the tent What ii that
about Twelve miles back. u the bad grounds. ,Ha
spread the % 1ae
They got lost on the divide. But the beaeon
lShs presently brought them In to the great
The storm continued all night, all the next
asy and 5e Part Of The ds
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heartier we. congratulated ourselves..the
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It before winfer burst upon us. $" We've given
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20. the worst seemed to be over, and West de-
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Solyer, IN n. order rh not to be hampered with r.
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through bad lands all the way, and 1t was the
& % Bnt babt
sunshine dispelled our fears. The snow on
the ground Was oRy SIX inches deep 99 the
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eyes. and soon made the balls smart like fire.
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determined to freeze them both. Tho trail nv
horse i; had made through the snow we was totally
Slast made him % labor hsT1 sc travel IA against IT,
eyen aecoSnt ac &, the wind the night which fol-
lowed was 9 fearfully cold one: The mereuTy
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end Of Week the snow low ' was 60 deep that hunt MT
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tool pseE outfit and set 9pt e AZ our I ilek
On ths $ way W over We feil IL with three bulisloes
and Killed two Of the% One Was an s%normo%s
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e Iiil R% bat there Is no tim Time to speak iur.
nv W. q ses es4 basf aS camp on the h and the
gag9nSs were Sot yet M BTya had gf gone down
and yo thopsht hey would surely get II thSc
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trip kussell met US with serious face.
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This vas terrible Rows; For 9 time We were